UK rail trip – 2022 Days 19-22 – 21st-24th April, 2022 I woke up feeling a little rubbish again. I decided to take another lateral flow test, just to confirm yesterday’s positive. Yes, it was positive again. After a bit of coughing and spluttering, I decided not to stay...
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 17 – 19th April, 2022 Today I’m off to the National Railway Museum, in York. To save a walk to Stockport station, Christine offered to drop me off at the station. As I had a bit of a headache, I gratefully accepted this. Probably didn’t...
UK rail trip – 2022 Days 15 & 16 – 17th & 18th April, 2022 I had been travelling for a straight 14 days, so I decided to take a couple of days off and do nothing. 🙂 The most adventurous thing I did was to take a little walk down to a road crossing of the River Goyt...
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 14 – 16th April, 2022 The train arrived in Penzance at just before 08:00. The bus station for the bus out to Land’s End was only a two minute walk from the station. Just before the bus arrived, I had a sudden change of mind. I’d catch the...
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 12 – 14th April, 2022 It was time to do some laundry. So, I checked for a laundromat and found one in East Didsbury. Just a tram ride away! Of course, I had to make my way back to the Metrolink station at Deansgate Castlefield – this meant...
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 11 – 13th April, 2022 I was up by 08:30. Today, I was heading back to Manchester. I was going with a purpose, this time. Tonight, I’ll be attending the annual meeting of the Manchester branch of the MND Association. First, though, I had to walk...
UK rail trip – 2022 Day 9 – 11th April, 2022 It was an early morning arrival at London Paddington – just before 05:00. Today, I decided I’d go to Edinburgh. Instead of going directly from London King’s Cross, I decided I’d take a train from the station...